Get my first Boxster tomorrow.......
 

:cool:...and I can't tell y'all how excited I am...............!!

Good afternoon everyone, my name is Si and I hale from Staffordshire in the midlands of the UK.

I pick my 1st boxster up tomorrow at 11am after deciding to part-ex my MR2 roadster. She's a black 2003 facelift 2.7 boxster with full history, brand new MoT with no advisories, 6 months comprehensive warranty and full road tax. 70k on clock and quite superb indeed. Have a 125 mile journey to get to the dealer but an even better 125 mile trip to get back. She's a looker with full savannah leather, GT3 alloys and S calipres.....!!

Really looking forward to being a part of this very useful, informative and very much international forum and getting to know and enjoy my new toy.

Catch up with you all soon and will post some pics as soon as I can.

Here's looking forward to a weekend of driving, claying and waxing.

Si :):cool:

Congratulations and lets see some Pics!

Welcome to the club, and be sure to enjoy driving her as thats what will keep you most enthralled, rather than making her a garage queen.

Besides, you have some very picturesque scenery to enjoy and be sure to snap a few for the Forum as well.

Congrat's! And remember to post up some pic's right away!

Cool. You're not too far from me (relatively speaking as this is a predominantly US forum)!
Most awesome car I have ever owned. Don't think I could own a different brand

welcome skoosh, i also hale from staffordshire, so we really close, looking forward to the pics and maybe we'll pass on the road. This is a fantastic forum and a constant supply of very useful info, and the members over the pond are great and always helpfull :cheers:

Welcome to the forum Si. Being an ex Brit if I lived in the UK I would own a Boxster or a Miata but I don't. Anyways I own a 2001 Box base and am really happy with it. With a 2003 you get a glass back window! |Look forward to the pics...
Cheers, G.

All, thanks for the positive and friendly emails..... on my way to collect her in 8 hours but doubt I'll sleep tonight :)

Si

Don't forget to post pics... No pics never happened... :cheers:

pics or it didn't happen!

Congratulations, Si, and welcome aboard!

I'm also UK based (Croydon, south London) and bought my first Boxster (a 2002 2.7 tiptronic with full leather and pcm1) on Tuesday last week after three days and nine hundred miles of travelling across the UK to look at two other examples. Unfortunately some twat ran into the back of it last Sunday, but only the bumper has been damaged and I've already got another in the right colour which I'll be swapping this weekend. Hope you have more luck with yours.

Other than that, the car is superb. A bit of a contrast to my previous car, an '88 Citroen 2cv6...

Enjoy the ride home. Mine should have been a 100 mile journey home from Milton Keynes, but as I was enjoying it so much I deliberately took the longer way around the western half of the M25 :D

Rob

Congrats Si and welcome to the forum. Happy to have all the UK owners here. Pics when you get her tomorrow and enjoy the ride home.

Just two more hours... Are you awake? :)

Post photos right away!

:):) 16 minutes til departure :):)

We should have a new owner now... perma grin in 3, 2, 1................

Now we need the pictures!

Ha, you'll have a grin alright, I picked my Boxster up on my birthday & love it, currently working in Chesterfield so get to enjoy the roads over the top each week :D

Yep get those pics up ;)

The excitement builds... :)

Skoosh stop driving and get some pics up ;)

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Good evening all, well, she's home........after a near 4 hour journey in bloody roadworks and accidents etc etc........... first hour was spent travelling under 60pmh and then I hit the 6000 rpm point and WOOOOOOOW does she bark........!!!

Pics will be up soon but need to clay and polish before I do that......:cool:

Absolutely love this car.....!!1

Catch y'all soon.

Si

Can not wait to see it!

What's road tax and how is it beneficial when you buy a car?

It's a nice British tax we get charged to drive on our roads & its calculated by car year & co2 output ;)

See here :

http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/advice/road-tax-guide/

No benefit to the car but can save us Brits a bit of cash if car has tax on it already ;)

We pay our tax when we register the car and get tags. I understand that your tags stay with the car for its lifetime? MOT is inspection?

Tags = Number plates ?

Yup a yearly inspection & test to state car in roadworthy condition

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Evening all, not sure how to post pics yet but have created a garage so available to view in there, I would appreciate your thoughts if ya get chance to have a look...... loving her so far :)

Very nice congrats !

the car looks excellent!.... great color combination.

Very nice looking ride, indeed! :)

Do yourself a favor and just drive her for the first few months and listen to her. She'll tell you what she needs.

Make maintenance your primary concern and budget for it. When she's all sorted to your liking, drive her like she was meant to be......

I know this sounds like car porn, but trust me, it's true.

Just sayin'.........

TO

p.s. she prefers the violin, not the hammer. ;)

Sound advice indeed and to listen to her growl is a pleasure indeed.....!!

Looks nice.
The deck lid reads Boxster S, but the exhaust is that of a base??

You are quite correct sir, she's a 2.7 and will be debadged soon, don't wanna advertise her as something she isn't, according to the original bill of sale, it was ordered from factory badged as an "S"................why.......???!!!

Si.

I think skoosh you will find that the 2.7 engine is adequate. I am happy with my 2.7 litre engine here as it has enough power for me. The S type owners would likely disagree though.....

Just try and get out and drive it regularly!:)G.

I quite agree, I've had some seriously fast subarus that would eat most exotics for breakfast so straight line speed is not of much interest anymore. It's more about handling, grip and power delivery for me as I venture into my 40's....... good tyres, brakes and alignment will prove the Porsche to be more than a match for anything on the road.....if driven in the proper manner of course ;)

Looks nice..........Well done.

Nice !!! all we need now is summer and let the good times roll :):)

Why debadge if it came from the factory that way? You might have a rare Boxster, are there any other "S" features like the bigger brakes or transmission?

To be honest it does have the big red calipres from the factory but only 5 speed....seriously doubt it's a proper "S" though...... sort of defeats the idea of the "S" to start with doesn't it........? No matter, I'm loving the car all the same and look forward to getting to know her :)

Get my first Boxster tomorrow.......
 

Crazy, I've never heard of a factory badged S without the S engine.

I've got the 2.5 and love the car. After picking up my 996, I can say I've got the power bug (that's a whole other thread :) ), but I'm having a hard time parting with a car that's been great to me. Will drive a 986S and a 987 base, but I'm in no hurry as I've got the 911 to get rid of now.

When I went to my local dealer to get a new rear badge in silver, I was surprised that it also came with the silver "S". Obviously I eft it off the car, but maybe the previous owner picked up a replacement and just stuck the entire thing on?? Who knows....

Enjoy your ride!